Despite the no-code license changes, I think there's still worlds of
opportunities for hams in the uncharted multi-gigahertz bands that
haven't been explored yet, and quite a lot of fun to be had above
30mhz but below 150. This is how I got interested in, but never
involved in, six meters.
On Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:26:03 -0400, you wrote:
>Oh boy, here we go. So, passing a code test pases on interest in hf? =
>That's a bit convoluted. I agree that the tests have gotten easier. I =
>was also one of the first to get up in arms when we got our first =
>codeless license. I was, however, also one of the first to admit that I =
>was wrong about the codeless tech brnging an end to my beloved hobby. =
>The hobby's been dying now since the introduction of the Novice license =
>in 1951, if not before. And it's still alive and well. You don't think =
>the difficulty in erecting hf antennas, owing to cc&r's and HOA's, might =
>not have something to do with the seemling lack of interest in HF gear?=20=
>
>
>I, for one, have observed that when people talk about "dumbing down", =
>what that really means is "Things aren't the same as they were back =
>in*my(*day." Believe me, I can be as curmudgeonly as the next guy. I =
>didn't dub myself "the world's youngest old fart" years ago for nothing, =
>you know. But change is inevitable. Roll with it.=20
>
>And, more to the point, has anyone else noticed that the people who =
>often holler the loudest about how the tests are dumbed down and we =
>should still have a code requirement, aren't cw ops? Interesting.=20
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